Is there any way to remotely delete a file from a pyTiVo share? I noticed when I press delete on the remote I get a "bong" sound, so I'm guessing no delete command is even sent to the pyTiVo server. Is there maybe a separate HME front end for pyTiVo that allows remote delete?

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Streambaby is a HME app that allows files to be deleted. The streambaby INI file needs streambaby.delete = true to enable.

Very odd situation. I d/l'd a recording from my Roamio. Using VideoReDo, I edited it and saved it as an H.264 mp4. Using the same project, I also saved it as an H.264 mkv. pyTivo sees the mkv as 3h37m and if I pull it back to the TiVo it is flagged as partial and the progress bar is 3h37m long with onkly the first 43m filled in green. Meanwhile the mp4 shows up correctly as 43m.

VideReDo, PowerDVD and MPCStar all report the mkv as 42m33s. If I push it back to the TiVo, it is a full recording of 43m and that is also what the progress bar indicates.

I've got a weird problem that I'm hoping somebody will know how to figure out.
For a couple years I've been using handbrake to make m4v files from my DVDs and pull them from pytivo to my premiere. They used to play fine, but I got a new computer, installed handbrake on it, and now find that if I use any trickplay except pause, the video jumps back several minutes.
I'm guessing I have accidentally changed some setting in handbrake that causes this, but I can't tell what. I tried using ffprobe to dump info from a old m4v that works normally and from one that has the problem, but nothing is jumping out at me as significantly different, so perhaps somebody could suggest ffprobe options to get more information.
Any suggestions?

I didn't have to do anything special to get it to see both of my Tivo's on the network the first time I started it up.

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Thanks for the input from everyone. Got the new Roamio Plus setup last night and as everyone said, it just worked with our existing PyTiVo setup. The happy discovery was that even though the TiVo documentation said that only wired ethernet or MoCa would permit transferring shows from our old TiVoHD to the new Roamio, they seem to transfer fine via wireless.

Now if Time Warner would have just sent us the right cablecard, we'd be all set, but of course they ****ed up and sent a one-way card. So we have to wait for the replacement....

All cablecards are one-way (or at least that's how they're used in tivos, you need a tuning adapter for the reverse channel communication)... do you mean they sent you a single-stream card? I'm surprised they still have any.

<snip>The happy discovery was that even though the TiVo documentation said that only wired ethernet or MoCa would permit transferring shows from our old TiVoHD to the new Roamio, they seem to transfer fine via wireless.<snip>

All cablecards are one-way (or at least that's how they're used in tivos, you need a tuning adapter for the reverse channel communication)... do you mean they sent you a single-stream card? I'm surprised they still have any.

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I'm not at home so I can't check right now, but the tech said that was why they couldn't get the Tuning adapter to stop blinking.

Is there something I can look at on the cablecard when I get home to verify if it's the right kind I needed?

I'm not at home so I can't check right now, but the tech said that was why they couldn't get the Tuning adapter to stop blinking.

Is there something I can look at on the cablecard when I get home to verify if it's the right kind I needed?

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I can't remember off the top of my head, but in the cablecard diag screens there should be helpful words like "authorized" and large numbers of EMMs and things like that received.
Cablecards are capable of sending diagnostics back to the cableco, but in TiVos, there is no signal path for them, so the tech is dependent on you reading information out of the diag screens.

If you're on time warner, just call their national support line and they'll get you up and running: 866-606-5889 is the number I last used.

I can't remember off the top of my head, but in the cablecard diag screens there should be helpful words like "authorized" and large numbers of EMMs and things like that received.
Cablecards are capable of sending diagnostics back to the cableco, but in TiVos, there is no signal path for them, so the tech is dependent on you reading information out of the diag screens.

If you're on time warner, just call their national support line and they'll get you up and running: 866-606-5889 is the number I last used.

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Thanks for the lead on the cablecard support line - they helped me last night. Determined we had the right cablecard - the TA is bad. So I have another cablecard still coming (that they sent the other day) but have to wait for a new TA. I was able to find out that the TAs aren't "linked" to the cablecard, so we were able to swap our "good" TA from the TiVoHD to the new Roamio so at least we could take advantage of all the tuners on that to record more. When the replacement TA comes, we'll put that on the old TiVoHD.

Anyone with 20.4.1 software update seeing sluggishness when transferring videos to your unit(s)? Since the update both MRV and pyTivo TTCB transfers to my Roamio Pro with 20.4.1 make the unit very sluggish (about as bad or worse than Elite units) during the transfer. I'm using pyTivo with ts=on setting and getting transfers speeds in the range of 70-90 Mbps. I've tried pulling both H.264 and mpeg2 video formats (pyTivo with ts=on is only remuxing to TS container while leaving audio + video alone).

Anyone with 20.4.1 software update seeing sluggishness when transferring videos to your unit(s)? Since the update both MRV and pyTivo TTCB transfers to my Roamio Pro with 20.4.1 make the unit very sluggish (about as bad or worse than Elite units) during the transfer. I'm using pyTivo with ts=on setting and getting transfers speeds in the range of 70-90 Mbps. I've tried pulling both H.264 and mpeg2 video formats (pyTivo with ts=on is only remuxing to TS container while leaving audio + video alone).

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Definitely seeing this, including strobing during recording playback. This is while playing back any recording, not just the one being transferred. The menus are noticeably slower. Both of these problems only occur during the actual transfer.

Definitely seeing this, including strobing during recording playback. This is while playing back any recording, not just the one being transferred. The menus are noticeably slower. Both of these problems only occur during the actual transfer.

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Looks like fundamental issue is too many CPU cycles dedicated to transfers to the point it's causing skipped frames during playback of any recording. I noticed it slightly with previous versions, but now it's much worse.